4th contribution in the special program by Sylvie Kürsten (D 2025, 93 min) GALLERY TOP AND THE GROUP CLARA MOSCH: THE ART OF CREATIVE RESISTANCE followed by a discussion with Sylvie Kürsten
How can the boundaries of what can be said and seen be pushed by art - despite or even because of all the resistance? A good 50 years ago, a handful of artists declared the former socialist showcase city of Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) an avant-garde happening zone. Whether silent performances or plein airs by the sea, exuberant artists' festivals or cold needle etched collective works - the artist group Clara Mosch and the cooperatively organized "Galerie Oben" have proven since the 1970s that alternative art could also unfold in the GDR - and is in no way inferior to Western role models such as Joseph Beuys.
SYLVIE KÜRSTEN
born in Ludwigsfelde in 1979, has been working as a documentary film director since 2011. She describes her films as "HinterSINNlich": loaded with as much meaning as possible, but always poetic and rarely without a wink. Since completing her editorial traineeship at Norddeutscher Rundfunk in 2008, Sylvie Kürsten has also worked as a freelance cultural journalist for TV magazines and ARD radio stations. She has won a Grimme Prize for her work and has been invited to the "Theatertreffen Berlin" and the "Beirut Art Film Festival".
